Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary is a graduate and undergraduate institution for professional Orthodox Christian theological education under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and is chartered by the Board of Regents of The University of the State of New York for and on behalf of the State Education Department. Sharing its grounds with Holy Trinity Monastery, a spiritual center of the Russian Diaspora, in the environs of picturesque and historical Upstate New York, the seminary provides a unique environment for immersion in the living Tradition of the Russian Orthodox Faith, for spiritual growth and academic formation of students to serve the Church as clergy, monastics, choir directors, cantors, iconographers, and lay leaders.